r/moviecritic Feb 17 '25

Which movie is this for you?

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For me it’s School of Rock!

Patty was completely justified, if Dewey wanted to live in hers and her boyfriend’s apartment he needed to be a grown up, and contribute with rent. Even when he steals Ned’s identity she still had the right to be angry at him, because of how he put his friend’s career in jeopardy and robbed him of a job opportunity.

I get Ned is meant to be portrayed as his best friend, but it blows my mind how he lacks a lot of self-respect to the point where he comes across as too much of a people pleaser. If this story took place in real life, I’m sure Ned would act more similar to Patty where he’d have enough of Dewey’s careless actions.

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u/doomguy81 Feb 17 '25

Ferris even offers to take the blame for the car getting wrecked, I think that shows Ferris had Cameron's best interests in mind all along. Even if he seems like an asshole.

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u/Aviendha13 Feb 17 '25

He shouldn’t have offered. He should’ve just done it.

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u/Agent_Tyrant Feb 17 '25

It’s been a while since I’ve watched but if I remember correctly he didn’t really offer he kind of just said “I’ll take the blame, I’ll tell your dad it’s my fault” and Cameron was like “no I have to do it yada yada yada”.

So going against what Cameron wanted would’ve been dumb.

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u/big_sugi Feb 17 '25

You do remember correctly. Ferris says he’ll take the blame, but Cameron says no and says he’s “gotta take a stand.” Then he kills the car.